The Jasper weekly courier., 1887-12-02

A. The time for the assembling Of Con
'Rress draws nearer, the contes. for III
position Of Do0rkeeper Of the Houss
wares w,rsner that appearing TO BE- ths
only subordinate position over which
there u any competition, though, u Ger
Iiain combinations that are now being
llormed can Be successfully carried out
1.-The old slate viii be shattered and there
will be . sweeping change. There ~
six candidates In The field for Door
keeper, from Ill sections OF the country
| II has been the custom i0I
the Democratic Congressional caucus u
leQuaiIy divide the tour best O0Ices CIV
ling 10 The North the sergeent.st.arma
land postmaster, and 10 the South The
clerk snd d00rkeeper-sn arrangement
THAT will very likely be continued. Ths
| lDemOcl attic members from New York
have called csucns 10 meet In this city
Saturday next, 10 determine what course
they will pursus " regard 10 The door
Ikeepership.
Again the familiar faces Of member
|of Congress can BE- seen st the hoseIs
and on the streets, and IN their usual
|haunts In the fashionable and sristocratic
northwest quarter Of the city. The
w sshingtonians draw the line Of social
right through the middle Of
pennsy ylvsnia Avenue, the popular thor
|oughtare that leads from the White
House 10 the Capital. lfone's habitaiinn
10 north OF that line, he or che 10 pre-
sumrd to be OF respectable social statue,
but. Ii they dwell south Of n. they are 70.
gsrded with disirust Until something
transpires TO change that opiniOn. You
see, dear reader | know hUw Il 10 my.
self. tor coming here stranger, ! inno.
Gently located on the wrong side OF
Penney lvanis svenue. But | have since
crossed over, and am now supp0sed 10
be - good . my neighbors.
Ii addition 10 several conteaee FOR
seats IL the iIouse. there will be two or
three In the Senate. and one Of tho latter
will be Of general interest, % Il Involves
a constitutional question. In West vir-
ginia the regular session Of the legisla-
lure, having tailed 10 elect . United
states Senator, the Governor appointed
|ome but q called session Of the Iegis-
|lsture soon afierwsrd, the Governors
appointment wss ignored % illegal. and
u senator elected. So Two claimsnis.-
10th Democrats will appear tor the
same Senatorial seat. One Of the other
|cases that refer 10 Il that Of 6euatOr-
ELECT Turpie, OF Indiana. Still. u 10
doubtful ii ex Senator Harrison contests
the seat. % bic alleged claim appears TO
rest upon anyihIng but : 6rsm lounda-
lion. Then. TOO. The Senate 10 much
more impartial and conservative than
The House In the seltIing Of contests.
The British Fisheries Commission
having reached the Capital, negotiations
are IN progress upon this vexed inter-
national question. Upon she arrival Of
Mr.. ChamberIaiD, the chief commission.
er. he WAS besieged II his hotel by forty
reporters OF the leading newspapers Of
The country, but the only subjects on
which the adroit diplomatist could b
interviewed were liquors,
cigars, and kindred topics The boysl
pumped away over On hour,
but all 10 no purpose further than that
hey were considersbly refreshed inter.
nalIy.
Thanks 20 the honest, reform methods
NJ = Democratic administration, the an
nual deficiis, for defrny Ing The expenses
,f the Postof1ce establishment, which
nave, Tor number Of years. mounted 70
light 70 fifteen million dollars annually,
nave been steadily reduced until the last
iefIciency was about one million dOllars.
Ind II 70 confidently estimated that be-
lore The cIose OF the current Year the
posto6ice department will b running
On : paying baeis.
During the absence Of Mr.. Hall. Com
missioner Of Patents. GEN Robert B.
Vance, Assistant Commissioner, fIIs the
Iormer poaiiion In manner highly cred.
table % himself and acceptable 20 all.
The Acting Commissioner while IN Con.
Eross Was Chairman Of Tho Committee on
Patents, and he 10 brother Of Senator
Vance. Of North Carolina.
Treasurer Hyatt's report shows that
here . still outstanding more shan az.
een milIions or fractional currency.
nearly I'll OF which wss supposed 10
have been destroyed, showing that !,
srge amount % yet in circulation,
hough called in twelve years ago.
&. AS. 4
Give Them \ Chance.